Partner Centres

RapidformRCA

Within the RCA, RapidformRCA brings together the College's digital design, prototyping and manufacturing technologies and makes them available to small and medium-sized enterprises in the Greater London area. RapidformRCA offers individual designers and design manufacturing companies in different disciplines access to a range of facilities through a bureau service.

Product designers, metalwork and jewellery and textile designers, as well as architectural model-makers and engineers have all accesses the facilities. RapidformRCA is expanding its facilities and services and welcomes proposals for consultation with our subject specialists or technical advisors. We also welcome collaborations in design research projects.

Royal College of Art

The Royal College of Art is the world's only wholly postgraduate university institution of art and design - fine art, applied art, design, communications and humanities - offering the degrees of MA, MPhil and PhD. It is the most concentrated community of young artists, designers and communicators to be found anywhere.

There are over 850 masters and doctoral students and more than a hundred professionals interacting with them - including scholars, leading art and design practitioners, along with specialists, advisors and distinguished visitors.

The RCA is a very special kind of ideas factory with:

  • One of the most concentrated communities of artists and designers to be found anywhere on the planet.
  • A diversity of talented individuals, drawn from all around the world.
  • Teaching staff who are leading practitioners in their own right, and an impressive list of visiting professors and lecturers an unrivalled creative environment.
  • Major collaborations with cultural and industrial partners.